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Table 7 Multivariate analysis for relationships between extracted factors and kidney stone formation

From: Kidney stone formers have more renal parenchymal crystals than non-stone formers, particularly in the papilla region

 

OR (95% CI) For stone formers

P-value*

Smoking (+)

1.95 (0.40–9.92)

0.4037

RBC (≤ 4.6 × 106/μL)

0.30 (0.03–2.38)

0.2518

Ht (≤ 48%)

1.28 (0.17–12.01)

0.8135

Urinary RBC (≤ 4.3/μL)

1.52 (0.28–8.29)

0.6211

Urinary bacteria (≤ 0.99 × 103/μL)

4.46 (0.90–29.08)

0.0687

Renal papillary crystals (+)

5.55 (1.08–37.18)

0.0395

UMOD (existing ratio < 0.001)

4.15 (0.67–37.96)

0.1313

  1. *P < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, RBC red blood cell, Ht hematocrit, UMOD uromodulin
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